New mural recognizes first single sister missionaries, inspires current missionaries

First 2 single sister missionaries reached England in 1898; today sees wave of sister missionaries going at age 18

Published: July 16, 2026, 11:24 a.m. MDT

Sister missionaries walk by a new mural depicting the first single sister missionaries of this dispensation, at the Provo Missionary Training Center in Provo, Utah, June 19, 2026. — Sister missionaries walk by a new mural depicting the first two single sister missionaries of this dispensation teaching in 1898 in England, at the Provo Missionary Training Center in Provo, Utah, June 19, 2026. Leslie Nilsson, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints

PROVO, Utah — In 1898, Inez Knight and Jennie Brimhall went to England and became the first full-time single sister missionaries for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in this dispensation.

Now a new mural depicting their service covers a wall at the Provo Missionary Training Center in Provo, Utah, where sister missionaries who are making history today walk by and receive inspiration from Knight’s and Brimhall’s examples.

Printed on the wall across from the mural are the words, “Therefore, if ye have desires to serve God ye are called to the work” (Doctrine and Covenants 4:3) and the question, “How am I showing my desire to serve God today?”

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